When comparing Komodo Edit vs Textadept, the Slant community recommends Komodo Edit for most people. In the question“What are the best programming text editors?”Komodo Edit is ranked 26th while Textadept is ranked 27th. The most important reason people chose Komodo Edit is:

Pro

Easily written plugins

Pro

Small and portable

Has very few dependencies, and very small footprint. Can be copied to a new system in a moment, unpacked and be at your service.

Pro

Scriptable

Has a built-in lua engine.

Pro

Cross-platform

It's available for Windows, Mac and Linux.

Cons

Con

Not very lightweight

Komodo Edit is not very lightweight and that can slow it down during startup.

Con

Adds project files to project code

Con

Community

Does not have an IRC channel or some kind of forum where a community of developers/plugin writers could evolve around. Has a mailing list which is said to be active but that does not feel that attractive.